Trying to cut down on unnecessary dining out

Yesterday after work I was supposed to meet my friend for a walk. I changed into shorts, a t-shirt and runners. When she came to meet me, she was wearing flip flops and a dress and asked if I wanted to go for dinner instead. That kind of annoyed me because I had planned on going home and making dinner with BF after the walk. But I said yes anyway, since I was already there and I hadn’t seen her in a while and she clearly wasn’t dressed for a long walk.

I suggested Subway (because then I could use my $25 gift certificate) … or another cheap place, but she said she wanted to go sit down and have a beer with dinner. So we went to a Chinese restaurant. My total after tax and tip came to $12.50. So, still relatively cheap for a sit down dinner (and I had leftovers), but more than the zero dollars I had anticipated spending.

We went for a 30 min. walk after dinner which was nice, but still. I really wanted to make it a priority in June to cut down on unnecessary dining out. Oh well.